I have returned from watching the classic duology of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Stalker. Psuedonymously is a prophet. The titular Stalker perfectly embodies Charlie Bucket when describing his introduction to The Zone, with Porcupine serving as his Willy Wonka. It was a magical place where wishes come true that this mysterious figure allowed him to experience. But Willy Wonka is gone now, and all the Stalker can do is hopelessly try to revive that feeling by sharing it with others. In a lot of ways, this movie seems to be a direct refutation to the final line of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: "Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted... He lived happily ever after". But what if, like the writer, you don't know what you want? What if you can't help but fear for what could happen if people getting everything they want was a possibility, like the professor? Or what if, like Charlie, like the Stalker, you do get everything you want? Then what do you live for? Maybe Charlie would have been better off in the bitter happiness of staying with his family than by taking up the dull life of Willy Wonka. I will never be able to talk about Stalker with anyone else because I will never be able to see it as anything other than a follow up to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.